Abstract
Rainfed agriculture in the West African Sahel is in transition between shifting cultivation based on renewable resources and more permanent farming with addition of external inputs. Some important issues concerning this agricultural development including the aspect of land degradation, are shortly described
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 12-13 |
| Journal | LEISA : ILEIA newsletter for low-external-input and sustainable agriculture |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1994 |
Keywords
- indigenous knowledge
- pampas
- rural development
- rural planning
- sahel
- semiarid zones
- socioeconomics
- steppes
- sustainability
- economic planning